From: Henney, Jane
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 11:01 PM
To: EXECSEC
Subject: FW: End Use of Human Antibiotics in Livestock Feed
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> From: laurastucin@hotmail.com[SMTP:LAURASTUCIN@HOTMAIL.COM]
> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 11:00:59 PM
> To: jhenney@oc.fda.gov
> Subject: End Use of Human Antibiotics in Livestock Feed
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Laura Stucin
85 Devoe Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
laurastucin@hotmail.com
Dear Dr. Henney,
I am writing in support of Petition 99P-0485 to urge you to ban
medically useful antibiotics from livestock feed.
For decades, livestock producers have fed human antibiotics to
hogs, cows and poultry to speed their growth or counteract the
effects of crowded living conditions and poor hygiene. In fact,
about one third of the antibiotics manufactured in the United
States each year ends up in animal feed. Mounting evidence has
proven that the overuse of antibiotics for livestock makes the
drugs less effective for humans.
Scientists, health organizations and governments around the world
are urging that antibiotics not be squandered on fattening
livestock. The World Health Organization recommended that
antibiotics used to treat humans not be used to promote animal
growth. The GAO reported that "research has linked three
diseases with antibiotic-resistant strains affecting humans to
the use of antibiotics in animals;" and the European Union has
already banned human antibiotics in animal feed.
I urge you not to allow an antibiotic to be used in livestock
feed if that antibiotic is used in human medicine. Please tell
me how you plan to address this looming health crisi
Laura Stucin